Class ValidationSet
ValidationSet object. Holds all validation rules for a field and exposes methods to dynamically add or remove validation rules
Properties summary
- $_allowEmpty protected
bool|string|callable
Denotes if a field is allowed to be empty
- $_rules protected
\Cake\Validation\ValidationRule[]
Holds the ValidationRule objects
- $_validatePresent protected
bool|string|callable
Denotes whether the fieldname key must be present in data array
Method Summary
Method Detail
add() public
add(string $name, mixed $rule)
Sets a ValidationRule $rule with a $name
Example:
$set ->add('notBlank', ['rule' => 'notBlank']) ->add('inRange', ['rule' => ['between', 4, 10])
Parameters
-
string
$name The name under which the rule should be set
-
\Cake\Validation\ValidationRule|array
$rule The validation rule to be set
Returns
$this
allowEmpty() public
allowEmpty(mixed $allowEmpty)
Sets whether a field value is allowed to be empty.
Parameters
-
bool|string|callable
$allowEmpty Valid values are true, false, 'create', 'update' or a callable.
Returns
$this
count() public
count()
Returns the number of rules in this set
Returns
int
getIterator() public
getIterator()
Returns an iterator for each of the rules to be applied
Returns
\Cake\Validation\ValidationRule[]
isEmptyAllowed() public
isEmptyAllowed()
Returns whether or not a field can be left empty.
Returns
bool|string|callable
isPresenceRequired() public
isPresenceRequired()
Returns whether or not a field can be left out.
Returns
bool|string|callable
offsetExists() public
offsetExists(mixed $index)
Returns whether an index exists in the rule set
Parameters
-
string
$index name of the rule
Returns
bool
offsetGet() public
offsetGet(mixed $index)
Returns a rule object by its index
Parameters
-
string
$index name of the rule
Returns
\Cake\Validation\ValidationRule
offsetSet() public
offsetSet(mixed $index, mixed $rule)
Sets or replace a validation rule
Parameters
-
string
$index name of the rule
-
\Cake\Validation\ValidationRule|array
$rule Rule to add to $index
offsetUnset() public
offsetUnset(mixed $index)
Unsets a validation rule
Parameters
-
string
$index name of the rule
remove() public
remove(string $name)
Removes a validation rule from the set
Example:
$set ->remove('notBlank') ->remove('inRange')
Parameters
-
string
$name The name under which the rule should be unset
Returns
$this
requirePresence() public
requirePresence(mixed $validatePresent)
Sets whether a field is required to be present in data array.
Parameters
-
bool|string|callable
$validatePresent Valid values are true, false, 'create', 'update' or a callable.
Returns
$this
rule() public
rule(string $name)
Gets a rule for a given name if exists
Parameters
-
string
$name The name under which the rule is set.
Returns
\Cake\Validation\ValidationRule|null
rules() public
rules()
Returns all rules for this validation set
Returns
\Cake\Validation\ValidationRule[]
Property Detail
$_allowEmpty protected
Denotes if a field is allowed to be empty
Type
bool|string|callable
$_rules protected
Holds the ValidationRule objects
Type
\Cake\Validation\ValidationRule[]
$_validatePresent protected
Denotes whether the fieldname key must be present in data array
Type
bool|string|callable
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